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Tag archives: new york times
Backtrack: Bubble capitalism – 2002 vs. 2011
Backtrack pulls stories from the archives of our predecessor, media.toolbox, which published media and advertising commentary between 1998 and 2008.
Obama kitch!
From The New York Times nogal. So much for old money…
Palin dragging down McCain – poll
The woman that propelled John McCain back into the US presidential race is now dragging him down in the critical week before election day according to a new poll by the New York Times and CBS News. The poll showed that 59% of voters felt Sarah Palin was not prepared for the job of Vice …
No soothing ads for SA’s banking consumers
The world markets are in turmoil. The JSE plummets, the Rand slides, banks fail in US and Europe. It’s a crisis. Time for marketing departments to go in overdrive and reassure consumers that everything is OK. Your money is save with us. Not in SA.
Brainy ads for top magazines in US
The New York Times just ran a story on advertising produced by “for thoughtful readers” like The Economist, The Atlantic and The New Yorker. Firstly, don’t you just love the industry positioning, a magazine for thoughtful readers?
The quest for real: Anti-Restaurants
‘Anti-restaurants’ or ‘pirate restaurants,’ as explored by The New York Times (registration required), are underground communal food experiences that is popping up all over the United Sates and the world in a backlash against the desocialisation of eating (and everything else).